ENTERTAINMENT • DINING • TRAVEL • SPORTS • HUMOR JULY 2014 Gregory Polanco Scan Cover for a NIGHTWIRE NOW “LIVE!” Chance to Win Night Out on Learn how to “GO LIVE” on page 1 Nightwire! July 2014 • 2014-07-July-Cover.indd 1 6/28/14 9:40 AM $2 off Entree w/ Student ID • July 2014 Welcome to Pittsburgh’s First Interactive Magazine 1. Download the FREE LAYAR APP from the app store or www.layar.com 2. Open it and hold your phone so you can see the entire page. 3. One click scans the page and the entire issue comes to life. 4. Now just flip though our magazine as you normally would while looking through your phone. July 2014 • 1 Contents Publisher: Joyce Campisi Page 3......................Purple Stride Pittsburgh Editor-in-Chief: Joyce Campisi Pages 4-5.............................................Pirates Executive Editor: Joseph P. Campisi, III Pages 6-7.....................................Cedar Point Managing Editor: Daniel M. Calig Pages 8-9..................................Gallery Crawl Assignment Editor: Jennifer L. Campisi Pages 10-11.....................Anchor Steam Beer Sports Editor: Pages 12-13.......................Pabst Blue Ribbon Stacy Kauffman Director of Marketing: Pages 14-15.........................Roy Pitz Brewing Lori Czekaj Page 16.................................Wine and Spirits Assistant to the Editor: Rachel Mende Pages 18-19...................................GrillGrates Graphic Designer: Anna Buzzelli, Casey King Pages 20-21.......................Americas Burgers Layout/Production Management: 77 Design Co. 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A local oncologist told him that his disease Network would have been an excellent resource to connect was always fatal, his longevity (if very lucky) would be 3-6 months, them with clinical trials and a wide array of other services they so and the ONE treatment option available to him was so harsh (with desperately needed at the time. numerous side effects) that he may choose to forego treatment The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national and accept the inevitable without a fight. organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through This prognosis is, indeed, typical for his stage of the disease. research, patient support, community outreach and advocacy In all of its stages, pancreatic cancer only offers a 6% survival for a cure. The Patient and Liaison Services program provides rate beyond 5 years. However, after seeking a second opinion, patients and their families with the most current information Steve was offered multiple treatment options (including a clinical on the disease, from treatment options and clinical trials, to diet trial that only a teaching/ research-based hospital can provide), and nutrition information and pain management. In addition, the a longer life expectancy, and a better-than-expected quality of Survivor and Caregiver network puts patients and their families in life. With his wife, Patty, as his primary caregiver, Steve decided touch with people who can share their experiences, ask questions, to participate in a Phase II clinical trial at Johns Hopkins Hospital and offer support. All of the services are free of charge and patient in Baltimore, Maryland. His hope was, naturally, to improve his information is kept strictly confidential. For more information go current well being which was on a rapid decline with weight loss, to www.pancan.org. pain etc. But as Steve told his oncologist, “If I have to endure The Pittsburgh Affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network this regimen, I would at least like to think that I’ve contributed to is one of nearly 60 volunteer-run affiliates in communities across the knowledge of the disease and helped others in the process”. the country. Local volunteers focus efforts on raising public Steve’s chemotherapy (less than 30 patients participated in this awareness, reaching out to healthcare professionals, advocating trial), while presenting its own set of side effects, drastically for increased federal pancreatic cancer research funding and improved his health. His tumors decreased in size and number, planning local awareness events like PurpleStride Pittsburgh he regained all of his lost weight, and he felt “really good” for the presented by HM Insurance group. This event will be held on next 8 months. While the ultimate prognosis remained the same, Sunday, July 13, 2014 at North Shore Riverfront Park (across from the doctors, nurses and staff at Johns Hopkins gave Steve hope, Heinz Field). To register or for more information go to www. comfort, and a reason to live. The care he received went beyond purplestride.org/pittsburgh. the normal doctor-patient relationship. While always professional, PurpleStride Pittsburgh presented by HM Insurance Group Steve’s entire team was caring, responsive, and completely is among 50 PurpleStride events taking place this year in accessible (even when needed at 10:30 p.m. on a Friday night communities across the country where tens of thousands of while on vacation!). His 14 1/2 month reprieve allowed Steve to people will make strides toward attaining the goal of doubling the make plans, travel, and enjoy invaluable time with his family. His survival rate by 2020 and eventually finding a cure for pancreatic family cherishes the additional time they were blessed to have cancer. Since Steve’s death in August of 2013, Patty, her sister- Steve with them. in-law, Janie, and the entire Gray family have become active Steve believed that participation in a clinical trial was the best supporters of the organization and will participate in this year’s decision he could have made faced with pancreatic cancer. Steve’s event. family believes that his clinical trial participation and courageous With statistics indicating that pancreatic cancer will become the personal struggle resulted in knowledge benefiting future patients second leading cause of cancer-related death by 2020, the Gray as evidenced by grant endowments and ongoing research family believes that the monetary support that they and others performed by his primary oncologist and clinical trial doctor. give to pancreatic cancer research will lead to the prevention, Even after specifically questioning whether Steve would be a treatment, and cure of this devastating disease. July 2014 • 3 SPORTS The Pirates Gear Up For The Second Half By: Stacy Kauffman Sports Feature Writer for Nightwire, Photos ©2014 Pittsburgh Pirates July is a month made for baseball. The sun shines the lineup, they have batted .343 (46-134), have 22 more often, kids are out of school and it’s prime fam- RBI and have scored 24 runs. The collective speed ily memory making time. Plus, as the weather heats ties opposing pitchers and defenses in knots wor- up, so does the competition on the field with teams rying about base stealers and having to make the beginning to make their push for playoff position- perfect play on the ball to nab the speedsters at first. ing. So not only are you having fun at the ballpark, If they can stay healthy, they will set the table for a you are watching good baseball. It’s a win-win. And big second half of the season offensively. Talking about winning is exactly what the Pirates have been doing And as great as the three amigos are roaming the lately. outfield grass at PNC Park, the real story of the first After falling to a 10-18 record during the first 28 half is the emergence of Josh Harrison as a poten- showing up, games of the season, the Pirates have had the best tial everyday player.